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Fancy Footwork: Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater keeps team on goal

Matt Prater and Britton Colquitt are quite content in their corner of the Broncos’ locker room at Dove Valley. The locker location, next to a small refrigerator and by the back exit, makes it easy for the kicker and punter to stay out of the way.

Lately, though, it has been quite the hot corner, with Prater and Colquitt each playing a significant role in the Broncos’ six-game winning streak. Prater has made eight of nine kicks (the one miss came on a block last week against Chicago), including four walk-off winners since the bye week. Prater calmly kicked a 59-yarder — tying his career-high — to force overtime against the Bears, and turned around a few minutes later to drill a 51-yard game-winner in overtime. He is three-for-three in overtime this year.